The 1974 season was Molde's first year back in the top flight after their promotion from the 1973 2. divisjon, and their 3rd season in total in the top flight of Norwegian football.

Molde
1974 season
ChairmanJon Hoem
CoachesJoseph Hooley
(until 19 May)
Torkild Brakstad, Jan Fuglset, Harry Hestad
(from 20 May)
StadiumMolde Stadion
1. divisjon2nd
Norwegian CupQuarter-finals vs Brann
Top goalscorerOdd Berg (13)
Highest home attendance9,800 vs Viking
(22 September 1974)
[1]
Lowest home attendance4,000 vs Sarpsborg
(23 June 1974)
[2]
Average home league attendance5,294[3]
← 1973
1975 →

This season, Molde competed in 1. divisjon and the 1974 Norwegian Football Cup. Molde finished as runners-up in the league, one point behind winners Viking.[4]

Season events edit

Squad edit

Source:
[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   NOR Torleif Bergsås
GK   NOR Kolbjørn Sylthe
DF   NOR Erik Brakstad
DF   NOR Stål Bjørkly
DF   NOR Svein Kanestrøm
DF   NOR Bernt Roald
DF   NOR Einar Sekkeseter
DF   NOR Bertil Stranden
MF   NOR Knut Bjørnå
MF   NOR Torkild Brakstad
MF   NOR Stein Olav Hestad
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   NOR Ole Bjørn Kavli
MF   NOR Kjell Westerdahl
FW   NOR Odd Berg
FW   NOR Jan Fuglset
FW   NOR Harry Hestad
FW   NOR Bjørner Oshaug
  NOR Tore Hagh
  NOR Arild Haukaas
  NOR Jan Magne Lønsethagen
  NOR Odd Ivar Moen

Friendlies edit

13 January 1974 Clausenengen 0–1 Molde
Report  
20 January 1974 Aalesund 1–5 Molde
  Report  
 
 
 
 
3 February 1974 Sunndal 0–2 Molde
Report  
 
24 February 1974 Molde 9–0 Åndalsnes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Report
7 March 1974 Molde 3–1 Langevåg
 
 
 
Report  
24 March 1974 Clausenengen 2–3 Molde
 
 
Report  
 
 
31 March 1974 Molde 1–0 Strømsgodset
  Report
7 April 1974 Molde 2–1 Mo
 
 
Report  
15 April 1974 Viking 1–0 Molde
  Report
19 April 1974 Molde 1–1 Steinkjer
  Report  

Competitions edit

1. divisjon edit

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
22 12 6 4 40 18 +22 30 11 7 2 2 23 9 +14 16 11 5 4 2 17 9 +8 14

Source:[5]

Positions by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWLLDWDDDWWWWWWWDLLDW
Position4113354345321111111222
Source: see below

Results edit

28 April 1974 1 Molde 2–1 Raufoss Molde
H. Hestad   ?'
Berg   ?'
Report Unknown   ?' Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 4,500
6 May 1974 2 Brann 0–4 Molde Bergen
Report Hagh   ?'
S. Hestad   ?'
H. Hestad   ?'
Berg   ?'
Stadium: Brann Stadion
Attendance: 13,500
12 May 1974 3 Molde 2–0 Mjøndalen Molde
H. Hestad   ?'
Berg   ?'
Report Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 5,700
15 May 1974 4 Rosenborg 2–1 Molde Trondheim
Næss   30'
Iversen   57'
Report Berg   54' Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion
Attendance: 21,362
19 May 1974 5 Molde 0–1 Skeid Molde
Report Unknown   ?' Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Reidar Bjørnestad
26 May 1974 6 Hamarkameratene 1–1 Molde Hamar
Unknown   ?' Report Berg   ?' Stadium: Briskeby
Attendance: 4,313
3 June 1974 7 Molde 3–0 Start Molde
Berg   ?', ?'
T. Brakstad   ?'
Report Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 4,000
10 June 1974 8 Viking 0–0 Molde Stavanger
Report Stadium: Stavanger Stadion
Attendance: 11,500
12 June 1974 9 Molde 1–1 Vålerengen Molde
Berg   ?' Report Unknown   ?' Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 4,200
16 June 1974 10 Strømsgodset 2–2 Molde Drammen
Unknown   ?'
Unknown   ?'
Report Fuglset   ?', ?' Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion
Attendance: 5,300
23 June 1974 11 Molde 5–1 Sarpsborg Molde
Fuglset   ?', ?'
Berg   ?'
T. Brakstad   ?'
H. Hestad   ?'
Report Unknown   ?' Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 4,000
28 July 1974 12 Raufoss 0–1 Molde Raufoss
Report H. Hestad   ?' Stadium: Raufoss Stadion
Attendance: 1,786
4 August 1974 13 Molde 1–0 Brann Molde
Berg   ?' Report Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 7,500
11 August 1974 14 Mjøndalen 0–2 Molde Mjøndalen
Report Berg   ?', ?' Stadium: Nedre Eiker Stadion
Attendance: 3,650
21 August 1974 15 Molde 2–1 Rosenborg Molde
H. Hestad   21'
S. Hestad   49'
Report Didrichsen   39' Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 4,000
27 August 1974 16 Skeid 0–2 Molde Oslo
Report Fuglset   ?'
H. Hestad   ?'
Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 7,366
1 September 1974 17 Molde 5–0 Hamarkameratene Molde
Fuglset   ?', ?', ?'
Berg   ?'
S. Hestad   ?'
Report Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 4,800
8 September 1974 18 Start 0–0 Molde Kristiansand
Report Stadium: Kristiansand Stadion
Attendance: 7,259
22 September 1974 19 Molde 0–2 Viking Molde
Report Unknown   ?'
Unknown   ?'
Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 9,800
29 September 1974 20 Vålerengen 4–3 Molde Oslo
Unknown  
Unknown  
Unknown  
Unknown  
Report Fuglset   ?' (?)
H. Hestad  
Stadium: Bislett Stadion
Attendance: 10,709
6 October 1974 21 Molde 2–2 Strømsgodset Molde
Fuglset   ?'
H. Hestad   ?'
Report Unknown   ?'
Unknown   ?'
Stadium: Molde Stadion
Attendance: 4,507
13 October 1974 22 Sarpsborg 0–1 Molde Sarpsborg
Report H. Hestad   ?' Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion
Attendance: 1,870

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Viking (C) 22 11 9 2 31 10 +21 31 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Molde 22 12 6 4 40 18 +22 30 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Vålerengen 22 12 4 6 33 25 +8 28
4 Brann 22 9 9 4 36 20 +16 27
5 Strømsgodset 22 11 5 6 38 28 +10 27
Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Norwegian Cup edit

29 May 1974 First round Molde 3–0 Åndalsnes
Berg   ?' (?)
Fuglset   ?'
Report
19 June 1974 Second round Kristiansund 0–3 Molde
Report T. Brakstad   ?'
Fuglset   ?'
S. Hestad   ?'
25 June 1974 Third round Molde 4–0 Ørsta
Berg   ?'
Fuglset   ?' (?)
Sekkeseter   ?'
Report
18 August 1974 Fourth round Molde 2–1 Neset
Fuglset   ?'
S. Hestad   ?'
Report Unknown   ?'
8 September 1974 Quarter-finals Brann 2–1 Molde Bergen
Aase   70'
Blindheim   89'
Report Fuglset   88' Stadium: Brann Stadion
Attendance: 17,500

Squad statistics edit

Goal scorers edit

Rank Pos. Nat. Player 1. divisjon Norwegian Cup Total
1 FW   Jan Fuglset 11 6 17
2 FW   Odd Berg 13 3 16
3 FW   Harry Hestad 10 0 10
4 MF   Stein Olav Hestad 3 2 5
5 MF   Torkild Brakstad 2 1 3
6   Tore Hagh 1 0 1
DF   Einar Sekkeseter 0 1 1
TOTALS 40 13 53

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Molde - Rosenborg 1-0". nifs.no. Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Molde - Sarpsborg 5-1". nifs.no. Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Tilskuertall 1974". nifs.no. Norsk internasjonal fotballstatistikk. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b "1974: Hooley kommer, Hooley går". Molde FK. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  5. ^ "1. divisjon 1974 (Norge)". nifs.no. Retrieved 6 November 2019.